Mount_Abbot

Mount Abbot

Mount Abbot

Mountain in Sierra Nevada range, California, US

For the mountain in British Columbia, see Mount Abbott (British Columbia).

Mount Abbot is a mountain in California's Sierra Nevada, in the John Muir Wilderness.[6] It is located between Mount Mills and Mount Dade along the Sierra Crest and straddles the border between Fresno and Inyo counties.

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The peak was named for Henry Larcom Abbot who, in 1855, was a member of the Williamson party of the Pacific Railroad Surveys in California and Oregon. [5][7] He retired from the United States Army as a brigadier general in 1904.[5]

Sky pilot on Mount Abbot at about 13,000 feet

See also

References

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    "Mount Abbot, California". Peakbagger.com. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    "Sierra Peaks Section List" (PDF). Angeles Chapter, Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    "Western States Climbers Qualifying Peak List". Retrieved 2016-03-24.
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    "Mount Abbot". Geographic Names Information System. United States Geological Survey, United States Department of the Interior. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    Farquhar, Francis P. (1926). Place Names of the High Sierra. San Francisco: Sierra Club. Retrieved 2009-01-16.
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    "Mount Abbot". SummitPost.org. Retrieved 2011-05-31.
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    Erwin G. Gudde; William Bright (10 May 2004). California Place Names: The Origin and Etymology of Current Geographical Names. University of California Press. p. 3. ISBN 978-0-520-24217-3. Retrieved 2012-04-01.


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